UNC Track & Field

Complete coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels Track & Field.

Ethan Strand Advances to 1500m Final at NCAA Outdoor Championships

Ethan Strand advanced from the semifinals of the men's 1,500-meter run to Friday's final with a time of 3:39.93 on the first day of action on Wednesday at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at the historic Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon. Strand was fifth in his prelim heat, earning an automatic qualification. (GoHeels.com)

UNC Strength & Conditioning Announces 2023-24 Honors

The UNC Strength and Conditioning staff has selected award winners for the 2023-24 school year, recognizing performance, effort, and improvement. The awards honor student-athletes from Olympic sports teams who excelled as part of strength & conditioning programming. Tar Heels were selected for Iron Ram, Most Improved and Newcomer awards. (GoHeels.com)

UNC finishes school year with ACC-high six conference titles

North Carolina finished the ACC’s final athletics year as a 15-school conference with six conference titles, the most of any school in the league, ending a 44-year drought in fencing and a 39-year drought in men’s cross country. The Tar Heels won titles in men’s cross country, field hockey, men’s indoor track & field, fencing, men’s golf and women’s tennis. (Tar Heel Tribune)

UNC Track & Field Will Send Five To NCAA Outdoors Championships As Regionals Conclude

Tar Heel women took center stage Saturday on the final day of the NCAA East First Round, hosted by the University of Kentucky. UNC will send five competitors to Eugene, Oregon, June 5-8: Ethan Strand (men's 1,500m), Craig Saddler II (men's 400m hurdles), Parker Wolfe (men's 5,000m), Alex Phillip (men's 10000m), and Makayla Paige (women's 800m). (GoHeels.com)

Three Tar Heels Qualify For NCAA Track & Field Outdoor Championships

Three Tar Heels earned trips to the 2024 NCAA Track & Field Championships on Friday, the third day of the NCAA East First Round men's competition. Ethan Strand qualified for the NCAA Outdoors in the men's 1,500-meter run. Craig Saddler II earned a trip to Eugene in the 400-meter hurdles. Parker Wolfe won his heat in the 5,000 meters in 13:56.51. (GoHeels.com)

UNC Track & Field Caps Off Impressive ACC Outdoor Championship Weekend

After three days of competition, the North Carolina Track and Field team saw four race winners and placed four others on the podium. The men's team finished in second place with a total of 102 points while the women's team placed 13th with 19 points. Parker Wolfe became the first Tar Heel to ever win five ACC Championships in one academic year. (GoHeels.com)

RJ Davis, Aranza Vazquez take top honors at Rammys

UNC honored the best athletes and performances of the last year at the annual Rammys on Monday night. The top male and female athletes were no surprise, as All-American guard R.J. Davis and four-time NCAA champion diver Aranza Vazquez took home top honors. Drake Maye’s left-handed touchdown pass at Pittsburgh was named Play of the Year. (Tar Heel Tribune)

UNC third in national Directors’ Cup standings after winter sports

North Carolina is third in the Learfield Directors’ Cup standings after winter sports. Future ACC member Stanford is No. 1 with 977 points, followed by Texas at 746.5 and the Tar Heels at 733.5. UNC led the standings by 1.5-points over Stanford after fall sports, but the Cardinal earned 606 points from winter sports compared to 361 for the Tar Heels. (Tar Heel Tribune)

North Carolina Third In Learfield Directors' Cup Standings

UNC scored 361 points, the seventh most in the country among the winter sports, to bolster the Tar Heels' overall third-place performance in the updated LEARFIELD Directors' Cup standings, which were released Thursday by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. UNC has six top-10 finishes thus far in NCAA post-season play. (GoHeels.com)

UNC Spring Sports Roundup

Men’s golf has been knocking on the door of being the next UNC program to win their first team national championship, and it’s looking like they’ll have a chance to this year as well. UNC women’s lacrosse has been one of the dominant programs at UNC, winning three national titles since 2009. This season isn’t shaping up to be quite as dominant this year. (Tar Heel Blog)

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